A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Buff a buffet. ] A game in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the other players, and tell who it is. [ 1913 Webster ]

Surely he fancies I play at blindman's buff with him, for he thinks I never have my eyes open. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a hit man. [ PJC ]

2. A person who deliberately tries to ruin the reputation of another, often unscrupulously, by slander or other malicious communication, often with a political motive, and sometimes for pay. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal organization; also called torpedo. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

2. A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the reputation of an opponent; a hatchet man. [ PJC ]

(Bot.) A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European Alchemilla vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A worker, usually in an enterprise or apartment building, whose job is to repair damaged parts of a building or its fixtures, and sometimes to make improvements or other changes to the building. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Malay mangusta, mangis. ] (Bot.) A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (Garcinia Mangostana) with thick leathery leaves. The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ LL. Manichaeus: cf. F. manichéen. ] A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Manichaeans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its utmost development. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See manila, manila hemp, manila paper. [ PJC ]

{ , n. A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gitche Manito the mighty,
The Great Spirit, the creator,
Smiled upon his helpless children! Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mitche Manito the mighty,
He the dreadful Spirit of Evil,
As a serpent was depicted. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
Syn. -- manticore, mantichora, mantiger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. 1. (Anthropol.) Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1, 220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, pertaining to or designating the or a species of extinct robust humans, believed to have been widespread in the Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia; as, a Neanderthal skull.
Syn. -- Neanderthalian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Similar to or reminiscent of a neanderthal human; troglodytic; primitive and uncultured. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. -men 1. (Mil.) the lead soldier in a foot patrol under combat conditions. [ PJC ]

2. a person who takes a conspicuous public position in proposing a new idea or initiating a new policy, who may become a target of criticism for those opposed. “The Secretary of State served as point man for the administration's new China policy.” [ PJC ]

(Zool.) A squilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A white man who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one who has gained tribal rights by such a marriage; -- often a term of contempt. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Theat.) One in control of the stage during the production of a play. He directs the stage hands, property man, etc., has charge of all details behind the curtain, except the acting, and has a general oversight of the actors. Sometimes he is also the stage director. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]